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I consider myself an awesome THE most awesome person. I do not expect people to like/agree with/understand me. If you do, power to you. Make contact at your own risk. You might experience unleashed rage, unexpected sadness, newfound hate, disbelief or even spontaneous crying. This warning is not a joke. APPROACH AT YOUR OWN RISK!

Details:

• Nationality: Romanian
  
• Currently living in: Romania
  
• I do not expect others to confirm this, but I have an awesome beard and am quite handsome. No pics, though.
  
• Languages:
  • Romanian native. Obviously.
    
  • English known inside out.
    
  • Started learning Level 5 Japanese.
    
  • Studied French since middle school. Barely know anything...
  
  
• Also, the person who decided that we can only add 7 entries to our Favorite People list is a sick man! I wanted to add Yamatogawa and Homunculus, damn it!

My Grading Process:
1. When I start watching/reading a new series I give it a First Impression Grade™ . Which by default is 10. In some cases anime/manga start lower than 10 when I find the very start of the series weak. The First Impression Grade™ is based on trailers, and the first few episodes/chapters. It covers the initial setting, looks and overall feel of the series on first pass. However, I've had some anime where the First Impression Grade™ has gone by unaffected until the last episode or somewhere near the end of the series. YES I GRADE THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM!
2. The next obvious step takes place when I start changing my initial assessment of the series i.e. modifying the First Impression grade™ based on events show as the story progresses. This modifies the Grade continuously until the series ends. Most of the time.
3. The last part is always hard because I have to weigh the good and the bad and give the Final Grade™. Suffice to say that the ending is important to me. Leaving the story unfinished or the characters hanging does not make me happy in my grading. Although an unfinished story is acceptable if there is a second season or a continuation of some sort. Apart from my personal judging of the series I also check some reviews and ask my friends about them. It all factors in.
Notes: Now by the time I get to the Final Grade™ the overall grade of the series will definitely fluctuate. Normally in 1 point increments until I get to a place where I'm happy with it. If giving or taking a whole point seems too much for me then I grade in .5 increments. But that's a rare occurrence. Also MAL doesn't have an option for personal grading in half points *hint hint* *cough cough* *nudge nudge* *wink wink*

Fact:

• I like anime/manga. (obviously enough).
  
• I am not perverted. Just that my imagination is sentient. (-_-)'
  
• Follower of the Ponytail creed. A lot of characters can have their value increased just by adding a ponytail. Not everyone, mind you.
  
• I play a lot of PC games. WoW and UT2004 being the most notable. Also you might have a big chance of bumping into me in any MMO with anime-like-graphix-and-pretty-colors.
  
• I frequently use English for no apparent reason.
  
• I enjoy Hip Hop, Rock, Classical music and a lot of stuff inbetween.
  
• Consumer of choco and almost anything choco-based. That's some good shit, yo.
  
• Social consumer of alcohol based beverages. "Nigga, what the hell is juice? I want some grape DRINK!"
  
• Sleeping is kind of an optional feature in life. Overrated as hell.
  
• Probably one of the unluckiest people to ever live. My bad luck is stuff of legends.
  
• My favorite quote: "Hope for the best, expect the worst, fuck what others think and do your own thing."

Anime Canon:

• Haruhi-sama is our god. And she's hotter that yours.
  
• Ecchi is our friend. Fanservice is always welcomed.
  
• Anime has taught me that RL will never be as cool as anime. Even 'boring' slice-of-life anime.
  
• Fighting is recommended. You can't think straight unless you kill some bad guy, obliterate a city block or vanquish a demon in the gore-iest possible way. In fact it is recommended you do that before you ask them to surrender. It's common sense.
  
• Gore is acceptable if it's done properly. (see Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni/Elfen Lied)
  
• I support Romance. Romance r nice. Unless the guy is a complete douche (Makoto Itou makes all anime guys look bad) or the lovu-lovu doesn't particularly have closure. Closure as in the hero gets the girl in the end and they have 7 or 8 kids and they live happily ever after and then they die. Happily.
  
• Nosebleeds are a sign of happy thoughts. Most of the time...
  
• Cosplay deserves respect if done properly. Please, for the love of Haruhi, don't cosplay if you have no idea what you're supposed to be doing!
  
• Yuri is discussable. Preferably with me. ^_^